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8/4/22 Trailwork Update: Making Do in the Dog Days of Summer
Let’s see here… We had no interest in travelling to Monadnock Trails Week 7/22-26, due at least in part to temps in the 90s F. I therefore blazed West Ridge Trail in ORANGE below the cascade on 7/23. I rode the chairlift up Mt Sunapee on 7/24, and scouted Lake Solitude Trail for work for…
Read MoreBlazing Atop Mount Kearsarge
Let’s see here… four of us returned to Mt Kearsarge up the Rollins Trail on a warm and sunny Sunday. The Winslow two gave the dozen blaze boards their third coat of paint, and blazed the trail in RED from 1/2-way rock to the summit. They barricaded herd paths and brushed out the trail at…
Read MoreJuly 15: Camp Coniston on Mt Cardigan
They are back for the second year. Their workday this time was on the west side of Mt. Cardigan. By arrangement with their coordinator they worked thusly: 12 16-YO teens plus three adult counselors makes three teams of four teens and one counselor. Guided by two Cardigan Highlanders who happen to be retired teachers, as…
Read MoreSunday in the Park with Craig, Bob, Scott, and Ben… but no George
Last Sunday, four Highlanders drove up to Rollins State Park. They all walked up to the summit of Mount Kearsargr via the Rollins Treail. On the way they added two blaze prepped boards, re-painted a few more blazes, barricaded a herd path, and enjoyed the view from the top. A graffiti “artist” seems to have…
Read More7/7 0n Andrew Brook Trail: They did it! Trail is brushed, blazed, & drains raked.
We hosted a YMCA crew of 10 teenagers, all 16 y.o., and two adult leaders on Andrew Brook Trail on Mt. Sunapee. It takes some time to drive them to that trailhead, drive their van around the mountain to the ski area, drive their driver back to the trailhead, brief them on safe and proper…
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Ditching Work and Rocking Out on the Rollins Trail
It is pleasant to report that our turnout this past Saturday (6/25) was more than replied! Three replied, five appeared on time, and we brought tools enough for all to keep working as planned except at breaks. We dug 65 yards of ditch, plus set two pavers, two rocks to finish a waterbar, and a…
Read MoreHighlanders Featured in Valley News
A recent article publish in Valley News prominently featured the CHVTC and the work we do. The Valley News is the daily newspaper and website serving the Upper Valley region of Vermont and New Hampshire. We would like to thank them for their interest in our work and in the work of other small but…
Read MoreMt. Sunapee: Ride Up, Work Down
On June 18th, four of us rode the chairlift to Mt Sunapee summit, and then hiked over to the White Ledges for lunch. We stopped to clean a waterbar we built three years ago for our friends of MSGTC. After lunch we hiked down Andrew Brook Trail, cleaning drains and adding barricade as we went.…
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Friday 5/13: Lucky Day on Cole Pond Trail
So, three of us turned out on Bog Road at 0900. We lugged the kit of PT 0.8 miles up Cole Pond Trail, and set the 2′ long split hemlock left over from 2017 as sills. We then built the eighth bog bridge on that stretch of mud to the same specs as the earlier…
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